TRANSPORT MINISTER, COLOMBIAN COUNTERPART discuss ways TO ENHANCE RELATIONS

Minister of Transport HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Thani met with Minister of Transport of Colombia María Fernanda Rojas Mantilla in Doha on Tuesday. The two ministers discussed Qatari-Colombian relations in the transportation...

Scientists Found a Half-Male, Half-Female Spider in Thailand and It’s Fascinating

This spider is female on one side and male on the other due to a phenomenon called gynandromorphism. Credit: Surin Limrudee. By all accounts, it began as an ordinary day in Kanchanaburi, a forested region in western Thailand. A group of local...

Colombia Launches Electronic Platform for Exporters Seeking Tax Refund Certificate

Colombian exporters are now able to submit electronic applications for the Tax Refund Certificate (CERT) following the launch of a dedicated platform. The application, which became operational on October 27, 2025, is managed by the Directorate of...

BioDlink and Kexing BioPharm Initiate Shipment of Bevacizumab Biosimilar to Colombia

Suzhou, China based BioDlink (1875.HK) announced the inaugural international shipment of its bevacizumab injection biosimilar to Colombia. The shipment was conducted in partnership with Jinan, China based Kexing BioPharm (SHA:688136), the...

Colombia to send volunteer doctors to Gaza, president announces

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has revealed plans to deploy volunteer medical teams from Colombian military hospitals to Gaza to support reconstruction efforts and provide critical healthcare to Palestinian children. In statements to Qatari...

Colombia’s Invisible Narcos: The Secret War Over Truth, Power, and the New Drug Economy

Fifteen years ago, a man folded his newspaper in a Panama City café and quietly surrendered to two U.S. agents. No guns, no chase—just a nod and a handshake that closed one of Colombia’s great criminal arcs. That man, Julio Lozano Pirateque, alias...

How I’m helping to cultivate science entrepreneurship in Brazil

A course in disruptive innovation helped to cement João Paulo Longo’s science-entrepreneur ambitions.Credit: Victor Carlos Mello Da SilvaWhile earning his dentistry degree at the University of Brasilia, João Paulo Longo joined Brazil’s...

Key Topics for the Upcoming CELAC-EU Summit in Colombia

The CELAC-EU summit in Santa Marta, Colombia, next weekend faces the difficult challenge of strengthening economic and strategic alliances. Credit: Juan Diego Cano / Presidency of Colombia. In the city of Santa Marta, on Colombia’s Caribbean...

Spain’s Tech Gap Draws ‘Latinoamericano Talent’ Across the Atlantic

A growing wave of Latin American tech professionals is making Spain their new home, as the country opens its doors to fill a widening tech talent gap. Over 415,000 Argentines now live in Spain. Colombians lead recent arrivals, with nearly 39,000...

Resilience from the Ground Up: Community-Based Housing in Urabá, Colombia

In Colombia, housing policy remains out of step with reality—focusing on mass construction of often unaffordable and poorly located new homes over improving the country’s existing housing stock. Communities that are especially vulnerable to...

Turning Science into Hope: Colombian Student’s Project Takes on Cancer

Nanoparticles are at the heart of today’s most innovative materials research — including the development of technologies that may help battle diseases like cancer. Photo: CILAS, CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons When people think about groundbreaking...

Colombia’s Petro Ends His Middle East Tour in Qatar

Colombia’s Petro ends its Middle East tour in Qatar, after visiting Saudi Arabia and Egypt and strengthening alliances with these countries. Credit: Mauricio Vélez / Presidency of Colombia. The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, concluded his...

PGA Golf’s World Wide Technology Championship tees off in Los Cabos

Spectacular final rounds and dramatic finishing holes have been staples of the PGA-sponsored World Wide Technology Championship (WWTC) since the tournament relocated to the Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal course in Cabo San Lucas. In 2023, the...

Suspect arrested after UK scientist was ‘lured to his death through Grindr’ and dismembered

London-based scientist Alessandro Coatti is believed to have been lured on Grindr before being killed and dismembered. (Royal Society of Biology) A suspect is being held in police custody in connection with the death of a “warm-hearted”...

SHEIKHA MOZA MEETS PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA

SHEIKHA MOZA MEETS PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF) and Education Above All Foundation (EAA), met with President of Colombia Gustavo Petro in Doha on Monday. Talks during the meeting centred...

Calibots: The Young Colombians Who Conquered the Robotics World

A robot designed and built by students for a Robotics Competition. Credit: Noah Wulf, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikimedia Commons In the bustling city of Cali, a group of young minds has managed to turn curiosity, teamwork, and a love for technology into a...

Ambar, Colombia’s Third Andean Condor Chick, Hatches Successfully

In Colombia, the third Andean condor chick was recently born through incubation, marking a success in the preservation of this iconic species. Credit: Government of Cundinamarca. At the wildlife conservation complex in Bioparque La Reserva,...

Sheikha Moza meets Colombian president

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF) and Education Above All Foundation (EAA), met Monday with the visiting Colombian President Gustavo Petro. Talks during the meeting centred on the ongoing projects with EAA...

From Colombia’s Andes to the City: Manizales Opens Cable Aereo Line Three with Free Rides

Cable aereo, Manizales, Colombia. Credit: Sebastian Jimenez – Wikimedia Commons / CC2.0 Colombian city Manizales has always had its head in the clouds, and not just because of the misty mountains that surround it. More than a century ago, the city...

Sheikha Moza, Colombian president discuss EAA projects

DOHA: Chairperson of Qatar Foundation (QF) and Education Above All Foundation (EAA) Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser met with President of the friendly Republic of Colombia HE Gustavo Petro, who is on a visit to the State of Qatar. Talks...